Sunday, December 31, 2017

Already new year's eve... / もう大晦日だねぇ〜 Dec. 31

Time really flies.  The last day of 2017!!!

It's been long since the last time I spent the new year's eve in Japan...maybe like 5 years ago?... and I kinda miss the little chilling tradition we had.

Anyways, this year we were invited to our friend's place for the new year's eve dinner and the count down so we'll be out this evening.

早い!2017年終わっちゃうねぇ〜。

大晦日って言えば そば食って ダウンタウンの笑ってはいけない見ながら 紅白も見たりして まったりダラダラしながら 除夜の鐘TVで聞いて(笑) 寒い中初詣に行って ってもう何年も日本で年末過ごしてないから 懐かしいなぁ〜。

ってことで 今日は友達のとこに招待されているので みんなでそこに行ってカウントダウンの予定!

Kaiya

Mato


I was sooooo tired last night and fell asleep on a couch.

So the last day of 2017, I was planning to sleep in but woke up early instead :p

Didn't feel like going back to sleep so why not go to the gym!...and I had to burn those donuts I ate yesterday. lol

After getting the workout done, I immediately took Kaiya and Mato for a morning walk :)

The new year's eve is pretty much the only time when you can see the fireworks in Sweden.

And Kaiya hates it so bad.

There are some people already popping the fireworks lately and that's made Kaiya Speedy Gonzales every time we take a walk.

She walks much faster than usual, pees like she's peeing out every last drop that's in her bladder, and poops as quick as she can and tries to go home right a way. lol

Well, I wanted to see if she would do that this morning, too, so we walked towards wherever she wanted to go.

And there we were, at the woods.

I thought it wasn't gonna be a long walk but eventually it became one since the woods lie not too close from home.

The reason I hadn't taken them here to the woods was that every time we came I saw a lot of trash and I didn't want them to get hurt by broken glasses of some sort.

Horrible humans.

And of course, more trash than before...that's why we didn't stay long but they got a little bit of running time and had fun!

昨夜はお疲れモードで ウトウトいつの間にか落ちてたマミーです。

なので2017年最後の日は寝坊する予定が 早起きしちゃったw

で 清々しく起きたし 昨日食べたドーナツたちの分を燃焼するために トレーニングしにジムへ(╹◡╹)

体を動かしてきた後は そのままKaiyaとMatoと朝の散歩へ!

スウェーデンは大晦日だけに上がる花火だけど フライングしてる人がいるらしく最近パンパンよく外で音が聞こえるんだよね。

花火が苦手なKaiyaさんは最近散歩に出るとスピーディーゴンザレス。

スチャスチャスチャって速く歩いて シャーって一気にオシッコして ささっとう○ちして すぐにうちに帰りたがるw

今朝もそうなるのかなぁと試しに Kaiyaの行きたい方に歩いてたら あらまぁ森へ到着。

短めの散歩になると思ってたら 森は家からちょい離れてるから 長い散歩になったよ。

来るたんびに落ちてるゴミが増えてた森だから暫く来なかったんだけど やっぱりゴミが増えてた・・・。

困った人間たちだ。

ってことで 長居はしなかったけど 2人はちょいと走り回って楽しんだよ!




By the way, we made a new friend yesterday!

His name is Qtip.  If I remember correct, he's 12 years old.  And wow, he has lived in Japan before.

I had a hunch that Mato would be ok with him.  And Qtip's owner told me that he was castrated. 

I took the leash off.  Yes, it was totally fine.  It was Kaiya who was barking a lot and little pain in the butt.

This, when Mato makes male dog friends, makes me so happy :))))

そうそう 昨日新しい友達ができたよぉ〜。

キューティップ君。12歳だったかな。なんと日本に住んでたことがあるんだって!

去勢してある男の子で いけんじゃないのって思って自由に遊ばせて見たら Matoくん平気だったねぇ〜。

むしろKaiyaのが警戒して吠えてた。

Matoが一緒に遊べる男の子の友達が増えるのは嬉しいなぁ〜。



Have fun parties and a happy new year to you all!

ではでは みなさん 良いお年を!

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

No snow in Stockholm / 全然雪がないストックホルム Dec. 27

Unbelievably opposite from Dalarna.  There's no snow in Stockholm.

It feels even warm...so to speak, since the temperature is always above 0°c.

And it's wet on the ground from yesterday's rain.

Anyways, this morning we went to our favorite place to run wild!
Unfortunately, I saw some other dogs coming to this place so Kaiya and Mato's off-the-leash time was ended early.

あんなにたくさん雪があったダーラナだけど ストックホルムに帰ってきてビックリ。

全然白くない。ってか 気温がマイナスじゃないからあったかく感じる。

まぁでも 昨日も雨が降ったりで 地面はジメジメ。

さて 今朝の散歩はいつもの広いとこ行って ちょっとだけ走ってきたよ。

反対側から他のワンちゃんが来そうだったから 早めに自由時間は終わっちゃったけどね。
Mato

Mato (left)                      Kaiya (right)

Kaiya


By the way, I bought an action camera and am playing with it lately.

Surprisingly, better quality than I thought.

Hope I can create a YouTube page and post some videos soon.

そうそう アクションカメラを買ってみたんで ちょっと遊んでみてるとこ。

意外にもいいクオリティーだ。

そのうちYouTubeのページに載っけたいな。





Christmas in Dalarna② / ダーラナでクリスマス②

Second day in Dalarna.  Sunday the 24th.  Christmas eve.

We took a long morning walk again!

Before we did that, Kaiya and Mato had a little warming up session in the yard.

ダーラナ2日目 クリスマスイヴの24日日曜日の朝もみんなで長いお散歩へ!

ってその前にお庭でちょいとウォームアップ。
Mato

Kaiya



We saw horses yesterday and today we saw cows!

昨日はお馬さん見たけど 今日は牛さんがいたよ!


We found a nice vast snow field!!  Now let them begin!!!

さてさて 広いとこにきたから 追いかけっこ開始〜!
Mato

Mato (left)                     Kaiya (right)

Mato (left)                     Kaiya (right)

Mato (left)                     Kaiya (right)

Kaiya (left)                     Mato (right)

Kaiya (left)                     Mato (right)

Kaiya (left)                     Mato (right)

Mato (left)                     Kaiya (right)

Kaiya

Mato

Kaiya

Kaiya (left)                Mato (right)

Kaiya (left)                Mato (right)


Kaiya hydrating with snow.

Kaiyaさんは 雪で水分補給。
Kaiya

Mato

Kaiya (left)             Mato (right)



Btw, I woke up too early on this day so I was about to sleep again.  Then Kaiya came and lay next me using my arm as a pillow and started to sleep!!!

This is super RARE!!!  She likes to sleep alone and this almost never happens.

Thank you Santa!  This happiest moment was such a wonderful present for mommy!

そうそう 朝早すぎに目が覚めたから 2度寝に入ろうとしてたらKaiyaが私の腕を枕に寝始めた!!

これめっちゃレアでーす。1人で寝るのが好きなKaiyaだから ほぼこんなことは起こりませーん。

サンタさんありがとう。マミーにとってめっちゃ幸せなひと時のプレゼントだ!


We spent the afternoon playing with the computer, checking the photos and being couch potatoes, etc.

Naturally, my sweet cuddly boy was next to me all the time...though it was too tight lying on this small bench. lol

午後は夕飯までパソコンいじったり 写真のチェックしたり ゴロゴロしたり。

もちろん うちの甘えん坊男子はいつでも私の横でゴロゴロ( ´▽`)・・・ちょっとこのベンチに2人で横になるのはせまかったけどねw


Finally, Christmas dinner!

It was delicious and I ate soooo much!...as usual ;p

ついにクリスマスディナー!

うっまかった〜!いつものようにめっちゃ食ったぜぃ(╹◡╹)


Yap, sorry guys.  We gotta have something Christmasy on you guys, right!? ;p

ってことで 今年も2人ともマミーにやられました。






Monday, December 25, 2017

Christmas in Dalarna ① / ダーラナでクリスマス①

We went to Dalarna for the weekend.

Unlike Stockholm, there was so much snow!!!

Everyone was sooo happy and got hyper!!

We arrived there Friday night so we took a long walk in the morning on Saturday the 23rd.

週末はダーラナへ行ってきたぁ!!

ストックホルムと違って 雪がいっぱい!

これはみんなテンション上がりまくり⤴️⤴️⤴️

金曜日の夜に着いたので 23日の土曜日の朝はみんなで長いお散歩へ!!!
Kaiya

Mato
Mato (left)           Kaiya (right)



It's just so beautiful here!!!

どこもかしこも 景色がキレーーーーーーーイ!!!!
Kaiya (left)               Mato (right)




Kaiya


Of course, they ran and ran and ran and had so much fun!

Kai-ken running in the snow....they look just so awesome!

そして もちろん 2人とも走って楽しんだよぉ〜!

雪の中を走る甲斐犬は またいつもと違う感じで かっこいいなぁ〜!
Kaiya (left)               Mato (right)

Kaiya (left)               Mato (right)

Kaiya (left)               Mato (right)

Kaiya (left)               Mato (right)

Kaiya (left)               Mato (right)

Kaiya (left)               Mato (right)

Mato (left)               Kaiya (right)


Mato (left)               Kaiya (right)



Kaiya (left)               Mato (right)


Look at their satisfied smiley faces after running wild! ;)

走り回ったあとは 2人ともご満足な笑顔だよぉ〜!
Mato

Kaiya

Mato (left)                    Kaiya (right)

Behind the scene...↓↓↓ LOL

ビハインド・ザ・シーン↓↓↓ 上の写真撮ってるとこをシンバのママに撮られてた(笑)